PPO performs with violinist Galano
THE Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) gears up for its second concert of the season on Oct. 12, 8 p.m., at the Main Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Under the baton of Yoshikazu Fukumura, PPO’s music director and principal conductor, the company will perform H. Berlioz’s Le Corsaire Overture and P.I. Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 4, Op. 36, F minor. Featured guest soloist will be violinist Kristine Clair “KayCee” Uchi Galano, playing M. Bruch’s Violin Concerto no.1, Op. 26, G minor.
Hans Brumann goes from jewelry to art
IN Paysage, Hiraya Gallery presents the recent sculptures and watercolors of Hans Brumann at the Makati Shangri-la Manila from Oct. 4-30. The artist is the famed Swiss jeweler who has made the Philippines his home for the past five decades. In recent years, Brumann has produced sculptures invested with the same degree of elegance and refinement as his jewelry, especially in the woodwork. He also explores an unexpected material: Mother of Pearl. For more information, call 523-3331 or e-mail dididee@hiraya.com or visit www.hiraya.com.
Atlantis revisits Angels in America for 20th anniversary
ATLANTIS Theatrical Entertainment Group’s first major production for its 20th Anniversary Season in 2019 will be Tony Kushner’s masterpiece Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, the first of the two-part Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning play. Set in 1980s New York City, a gay man is abandoned by his lover when he contracts the AIDS virus, and a closeted Mormon lawyer’s marriage to his pill-popping wife stalls. It received the most Tony Award nominations in Broadway history and is the winner of 10 Tonys including Best Play and Best Revival of a Play. Atlantis’ Artistic Director, Bobby Garcia, who will be directing the production says, “I first directed Angels in America in 1995 when I was 25 years old. I look forward to revisiting the play almost 25 years later from a whole different perspective on life and death, heaven and hell. The play remains as timely as ever which is the true testament of a classic.” Angels in America: Millennium Approaches will run at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Makati from March 22 to April 7, 2019. For details call 650-5144 or e-mail shows@atlantistheatrical.com.
Pagkaliwangan drawings at the Bencab Museum
FRAGMENTARY CONVERSATIONS, an exhibit of drawings by Henrielle Pagkaliwangan, will open on Oct. 13, 4 p.m., at the Gallery Indigo of the Bencab Museum, Km. 6 Asin Road, Tuba, Metro Baguio. The exhibition will be on view until Dec. 2. Philippine Views, an exhibition of 18th to 19th Century prints, will also be on view at the museum’s Sepia Gallery.
Concert in honor of Senator Edgardo J. Angara
THE Cultural Center of the Philippines, Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra Society, Inc. in cooperation with the University of the Philippines pay tribute to the life and work of the late Senator Edgardo J. Angara in an invitational concert on Oct. 17 at the Main Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). A four-time Senator, Mr. Angara authored and helped established important laws related to cultural and the arts including those creating the National Living Treasures Award and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. In 1985, he established the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra Society, Inc (formerly PPSI, now PPOSI) to improve the welfare of the orchestra members. He set up gratuity funds for the retiring members of the PPO. Six months before he passed away in May this year, Mr. Angara awarded study grants to two PPO members. National Artist for Music Dr. Ramon Santos will lead the orchestra in a performance of “Awit ng Pagdiriwang” which he composed for the inaugural of Mr. Angara as UP President in 1981. Soprano Stephanie Quintin, tenor Dondi Ong and the UP Singing Ambassadors, UP Concert Chorus, and the UP Cherubim and Seraphim will join the PPO. Pianist Raul Sunico also will perform Gershwin’s Concerto in F with the PPO.
Busy October for the MSO
THE Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) will have a busy month with four concerts in October. The first is The Virtuoso Guitarist on Oct. 4, 6:30 p.m., at the Ayala Museum. The MSO’s concert master, Gina Medina-Perez, and the MSO String Quartet will be performing with Jacob Cordover and the Sparrow Music Guitar Ensemble for a night of Spanish and South American guitar music. On the same day, at 7:45 p.m., the MSO under the baton of Ryan Cayabyab with the Ryan Cayabyab Singers, will perform in a fund-raising concert at the St. James Church, Alabang called 20 Seasons of Love. And on Oct. 28, 8 p.m., the MSO will perform the soundtrack of the critically acclaimed film, Call Me By Your Name, in a live score performance at the Samsung Hall of SM Aura. For tickets to The Virtuoso Guitarist, call Ticketworld at 891-9999 or the Ayala Museum at 759-8288 loc. 8272. For tickets to 20 Seasons of Love, call 842-6369; and for tickets to Call Me By Your Name, go to ticketworld.com.ph.
Art for smiles
CELEBRATE World Smile Day with cleft charity, Smile Train, which, along with Centuria Medical Makati, will host an art exhibit on Oct. 5, 5 p.m., at Centuria Medical Makati, Century City, Kalayaan Ave. cor. Salamanca St., Makati City. The exhibit, which will benefit the patients of Smile Train, will feature work from artists such as Jon Ray Fernandez, Roberto Sanchez, Ivy Lim, Jirawat Pramphet, and Arthit Pansuay.
